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I knew I should have been angrier at him for being so horrible, but my heart sympathized with him. To anyone else, he looked like an asshole, but to me, he looked like a man in immense pain even if he refused to admit it.
I knew what pain could do to someone’s heart. It could turn it black. I didn’t want that for Ethan. Darkness didn’t suit him. He was light like sunshine. Darkness was reserved for people like me.
I stared at the location on my phone, contemplating whether I should even bother with my stupid plan.
“What’s the worst that could happen?” I said to myself.
Lifting from my chair, I made my way to his office before I lost my nerve. I knocked on his door and waited for his reply. It was after four and his last patient had left almost 45 minutes ago.
“Come in.”
I opened the door and entered. My palms were sweating, and my heart rate had picked up to extreme heights. One would have thought I was about to jump off a cliff the way my body was reacting.
I stood by the door unsure of how to even begin this conversation. I looked around his office, staring everywhere but where he was.
“Are you going to stand there like an idiot, or are you going to speak?”
“Yes…ummm….well.”
Ethan pinched the bridge of his nose. “Lilly, spit it out.”
“We’re going on an adventure!” I blurted.
What?
Why had I said it like that? Of all the ways I could have worded that, I chose to say that? I was embarrassed for myself.
“An adventure?”
“Yes…well not really but kind of.”
“And who is we exactly?”
“You and me.” I couldn’t go back now. “We are going on an adventure to Amberstone. It’s only a two hour driver.”
Ethan stared at me for a moment like I had lost my mind. In all actuality, I had. I was practically asking him out. If we had an HR department, I was sure I would have been called in.
“And why would we go to Amberbay?”
“It’s not Riverroad where people want to stick their noses into each other’s business. It’s a town where no one knows us, and we get to do whoever we want to be and feel however we want to feel.”
“And why would I be going to this place with you exactly?”
“Because it looks like you are in the need of a change of scenery. Riverroad can be suffocating at times.”
He stared into my eyes like he could see right through me. I felt naked under his gaze. It should have made me feel uncomfortable, but for some reason, it increased the heat that was already bubbling at my core.
Damn this man and his sexy face.
“No.”
“What do you mean, no?”
“I mean no. I don’t want to go with you.” He looked back down at his papers. “If that is all you have to say to me, then you leave.”
I swear, this man was more infuriating than a toddler on a bad day. He had given me enough pushback this week. Tonight, I was not taking no for an answer.
I steeled my back and walked up to his desk. His head snapped up when I slammed my palm on the hardwood desk.
